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The dining area away from the bar inside Rye restaurant on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, on Aug. 18, 2021. Rye was one of the restaurants to close in Dallas so far in 2026.<\/p>\n
Ben Torres\/Special Contributor<\/p>\n
Texas<\/a> had more restaurant<\/a> closures than any other state during the first half of 2026, according to a new industry report.\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0report from RestaurantData<\/a>, a restaurant industry company, estimated that 7,593 restaurants closed across the United States from January to June 2026. Texas accounted for an estimated 1,039 of those closures, which was the highest state total.<\/p>\n That comes as no surprise to Kelsey\u00a0Erickson Streufert, chief public affairs officer of the Texas Restaurant Association<\/a>. She pointed out that Texas leads by a large margin<\/a> in restaurant openings. The report emphasized that it\u2019s natural for big markets to generate larger numbers of openings and closures.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re seeing an interesting phenomenon in Texas, where there\u2019s incredible opportunity and an incredible customer base here, especially in\u00a0D-FW,\u201d Streufert said. \u201cSo you see a terrific number of restaurant openings, but it is still a really tough economy, and so you are seeing large numbers of closures along with that.\u201d<\/p>\n New York had the second-highest number of restaurant closures with 543, nearly half the amount in Texas, according to the report. Cities with the most closures were Houston at No. 1 and New York at No. 2. Dallas ranked No. 8, with Fort Worth<\/a> at No. 11, out of 25 listed cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0Dallas-Fort Worth<\/a> area ranked No. 3 in closures with 240, trailing only the New York and Chicago metro areas.<\/p>\n Quick-service restaurants, such as fast-food chains<\/a>, and sandwich shops accounted for the largest numbers of closures across the country in the first half of 2026. Among closures where alcohol-service information was available, nearly two-thirds were restaurants that did not serve alcohol.<\/p>\n Related: The North Texas bars and restaurants that have closed in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Food costs are up significantly, Streufert said, along with labor and operating costs, putting more pressure on restaurants everywhere. Consumers are stretched thin, too, she said, with the rising costs of gas and grocery bills.<\/p>\n \u201cThe math of running a restaurant is just really challenging right now,\u201d Streufert said.<\/p>\n Many notable restaurants have closed in North Texas this year. A few include Deep Sushi<\/a> in Deep Ellum, Restaurant Beatrice<\/a> in Oak Cliff, Rudy\u2019s Chicken<\/a> in Oak Cliff, Sevy’s Grill<\/a> on Preston Road and Rye on Greenville Avenue<\/a>.<\/p>\n Streufert said while North Texas is seeing significant growth, which creates lots of opportunity for restaurants, there\u2019s still a lot of competition.<\/p>\n Other challenges specific to D-FW are high rent costs and pricey leases, she said. Sevy\u2019s, for example, closed after 30 years in business because it was priced out of its space.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Related: \u2018I don\u2019t want to say goodbye,\u2019 said Sevy\u2019s owner, priced out of Preston Road in Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n Many landlords know that if one tenant won\u2019t stay, another would be willing to take their place,\u00a0Streufert said. \u201cSo the rental terms can just be really lopsided.\u201d<\/p>\n So far in July, several restaurants have closed across the region: Trinity Groves’ Beto and Son<\/a> and Kenny’s East Coast Pizza in Plano<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n When local businesses close, especially the long-running ones,\u00a0Streufert said, it\u2019s heartbreaking. Right now, she added, this is the new normal.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cBut I do think we need to see some relief in the long term to really get back to a healthy business climate for restaurants,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Closures in Texas are likely to continue at this rate for the remainder of the year,\u00a0Streufert said, but there will also be more openings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dining area away from the bar inside Rye restaurant on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, on Aug. 18,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,88032,89512,87998,116222,95591,88643,88945,88944,89307,95040],"class_list":["post-392185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-tp-dallas-fortworth","tag-tp-texas","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-dallas-fort-worth-fast-food","tag-tp-deep-ellum","tag-tp-fort-worth","tag-tp-oak-cliff","tag-tp-plano","tag-tp-restaurants","tag-tp-west-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n